The whipsaw of golf affection now offers Jordan Spieth as the heir to all that Tiger Woods has abandoned. Just a few minutes ago it was Rory McIlroy. Golf is like that, creating paper rivalries, needing conflict, more imagined than actual, to keep the...

It's more obvious than ever that Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have really distanced themselves from the rest of the elite in tennis. Not just because they were the ones who got to dress up and attend the Wimbledon champions' dinner Sunday night. And...

A game away from a third Wimbledon championship and ninth Grand Slam title, Novak Djokovic sized up a 108 mph serve from none other than Roger Federer and stretched to smack a cross-court forehand return winner. Two points later, Djokovic again took the...

It is increasingly obvious that Father Time is not messing with Roger Federer. Novak Djokovic is.
In the aftermath of Djokovic's 7-6 (1), 6-7 (10), 6-4, 6-3 victory in the Wimbledon men's final here Sunday, much will be written about how old Federer...

A game away from a third Wimbledon championship and ninth Grand Slam title, Novak Djokovic sized up a 108 mph serve from none other than Roger Federer and stretched to smack a cross-court forehand return winner.
Two points later, Djokovic again took...

When Roger Federer faces Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon final for the second consecutive year on Sunday, they'll be resuming a rivalry that has been about as even as possible. This is their 40th head-to-head meeting; Federer leads 20-19. It's the 10th...

LONDON — When Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic meet in the Wimbledon final for the second consecutive year on Sunday, they'll be resuming a rivalry that has been about as even as possible.This is their 40th head-to-head meeting; Federer leads,...

Billie Jean King and World Team Tennis are serving up their 40th season, a feat accomplished only by the big four leagues in the United States. Co-founder King recalls the early years of the mid-1970s when Robert Kraft owned the Boston Lobsters and...

Nov. 1, 2003, is notable in the annals of U.S. Tennis. That's the last time a male tennis player claiming residence in one of the 50 states was elevated in the rankings to No. 1 in the world.
That player, Andy Roddick, won the U.S. Open that year....

VANCOUVER, B.C. This time, the lasting image of the U.S. Women's World Cup champions will not be a soccer player in a sports bra. It will be Carli Lloyd, a tough-as-nails 32-year-old from New Jersey, roaring with her arms outstretched as her shot...

The United States Tennis Assn. should be thanking its lucky stars for Serena Williams.
It should be eternally grateful that Richard Williams dragged his two little girls out to the tennis courts of Compton some 25 years ago, that he got them interested...

American League
Central Division
White Sox: Adam Eaton refers to Sox as "Jekyll and Hyde," though "Barnum and Bailey" also fits.
Indians: More fans go to Quicken Loans Arena to watch Cavaliers on TV than attend Indians home...

Laurel Park-based trainer King Leatherbury, who turns 82 this month, is one of 10 finalists for induction to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. It's Leatherbury's first appearance on the ballot. The class of 2015 will be announced April 20,...

If age is merely a state of mind, or nothing but a number, why was it so painful watching Peyton Manning fail Sunday to get his agile mind to overcome his aging body?
In two days, an entire Denver Broncos franchise has unraveled. Coach John Fox is gone...

NEW DELHI -- The sorry state of American men's tennis will continue for some time with no real talent on the horizon, said Pete Sampras who dominated the game in the 1990s with fellow American Andre Agassi.
No American has won a men's grand slam...

Brooke Shields lost her virginity to Dean Cain at age 22 and is writing all about it.
Yes, before her husband Chris Henchy, before ex-husband Andre Agassi and before JFK Jr., Liam Neeson and George Michael there was a future Superman.
The former child...

Andre Agassi apparently has some jealousy issues.
At least the now-retired tennis star did back when he was dating Brooke Shields, the actress writes in her coming memoir "There Was a Little Girl: The Real Story of My Mother and Me."
So much...